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A new National Assembly for France

Editorial published on June 24, 2022

The second round of legislative elections on Sunday, June 19, 2022, plunged France into an unprecedented configuration: the presidential coalition “Ensemble!”, while remaining in the majority (245 seats), lost its absolute majority in the National Assembly and weakened Emmanuel Macron, the head of state, and his newly appointed government. The newly formed left-wing coalition NUPES won 131 seats against the Republican right, which won only 61 seats. A historic and disturbing fact is the score of the far-right party “Rassemblement national” of Marine Le Pen, which won 89 seats.
While these results have the merit of reflecting the reality of the French political landscape as closely as possible, they are of concern to analysts: how can political deadlock be avoided when France, unlike its European neighbors, does not have a deep-rooted culture of parliamentary compromise and when national, European and global challenges do not wait?

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  • Kichka (Israel), Courrier International
  • Dilem (Algérie / Algeria)
  • Adene (France), Le Monde
  • Sherif Arafa (Egypte / Egypt), Alittihad
  • Kak (France), L’Opinion
  • Chappatte (Suisse / Switzerland), Le Temps
  • Joep Bertrams (Pays-Bas / The Netherlands), De Groene Amsterdammer
  • António (Portugal)
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